Russia's mysterious shortwave radio station UVB-76, known as 'The Buzzer', has resumed broadcasting after a two-year silence. The station, located in a forest north of Moscow, transmitted a series of cryptic words and numbers on Tuesday, just days before US President Donald Trump is set to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
The broadcast included the words 'schesolub', 'druzhnost', 'kener', 'ryushny', 'dzhinochili', and 'lyukospas', along with a string of numbers: 'ZHTI 12687 TOLKOSRAM 9585 4510'. The transmission lasted one minute and 12 seconds, according to the UVB-76 logs Telegram account.
Telegram channel Militarist noted that the message resembled one broadcast in early January 2022, just before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The station, believed to be used for covert military communications, has long been associated with doomsday scenarios, including the potential triggering of Russia's 'Dead Hand' nuclear retaliation system.
UVB-76 has been broadcasting since the Cold War, initially emitting beeps and later a steady buzz. It occasionally transmits garbled voice messages, which observers believe may contain coded orders. Despite its notoriety, Russian officials have never officially disclosed the station's purpose. Roskomnadzor, the country's telecommunications regulator, only acknowledged its existence in June, stating that information about the frequency user is not publicly available.
